TorchlightLeveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access to Quality Maternal Medicines By Beti Baiye May 2, 2022 5 Mins read The quality of healthcare a woman receives during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum is critical as it determines whether she lives or dies…. Read more
TorchlightScaling Up Quality of Maternal Care: The RICOM3 Programme is Helping to Improve Nigeria’s Maternal Health Outcomes By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot April 18, 2022 5 Mins read In 2020, we shone a spotlight on RICOM3, a programme focused on helping Nigerian women take ownership of their pregnancy journey, by… Read more
TorchlightNigerian Medical Students’ Association: Active Citizenship for Health Improving Malaria Prevention and Treatment Awareness By Chibuike Alagboso April 11, 2022 6 Mins read Beyond the breakthrough vaccineThe Malaria vaccine is considered to be one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history. However, in spite of… Read more
TorchlightHere’s How Activists are Advocating to End Environmental Pollution in Port Harcourt By Nigeria Health Watch April 4, 2022 5 Mins read Listen to the story below Nigeria Health Watch · Here’s How Activists are Advocating to End Environmental Pollution in Port Harcourt |… Read more
TorchlightEvidence For Change — Bridging the Evidence Gap For Access to Quality Maternal Medicines. By Nigeria Health Watch March 29, 2022 4 Mins read By Ibukun Oguntola and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) According to the 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), there are 512 maternal deaths… Read more
TorchlightPower in Her Hands: Breaking the Culture of Silence Surrounding Sexual and Gender Based Violence Through Technology By Chibuike Alagboso March 14, 2022 5 Mins read “…gender-based violence happens to our acquaintances, colleagues, friends and, yes, family members.” Anita Hill. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) puts the number… Read more
Torchlight#BreakTheBias: Making Women’s Voices Matter in the Media By Nigeria Health Watch March 9, 2022 5 Mins read By Kemisola Agbaoye and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Conquering gender bias is no easy feat as it is steeped in cultural and… Read more
TorchlightLeveraging the Private Sector to Expand Access to Family Planning — Without Compromising Quality By Nigeria Health Watch March 7, 2022 5 Mins read By Iyadunni Olubode (Lead Writer) It has been a rough couple of years for maternal health. COVID-19 dealt a major blow to… Read more
TorchlightVision First: Shell, Joint Venture Partners Supporting Integration of Eye Care into Primary Health Care By Nigeria Health Watch March 2, 2022 6 Mins read By Beti Baiye and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Vision plays a critical role in every facet of life therefore when a person’s… Read more
TorchlightBeyond a building: Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Primary Healthcare in Sauka Community By Chibuike Alagboso February 21, 2022 5 Mins read Water, electricity and good roads are some of the basic amenities every community needs to thrive, while health and education are the… Read more
TorchlightBeji Primary Health Centre: Leveraging the Basic Health Care Provision Fund to Improve Service Delivery By Bashar Abubakar February 14, 2022 4 Mins read “We received one million naira from October 2020 to February 2022”, said Halima Musa, the officer in charge of Beji Primary Health… Read more
TorchlightFCT Health Insurance Scheme: Redefining Ways to Target the “Missing Middle” By Kemisola Agbaoye February 12, 2022 5 Mins read “Enrolling people into insurance schemes is not easy, considering the fact that you are asking people to come and pay for health… Read more
TorchlightWASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice By Nigeria Health Watch February 9, 2022 4 Mins read By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to… Read more
TorchlightFrom a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community By Chibuike Alagboso February 7, 2022 5 Mins read Big things every so often start in small ways. Louis Pasteur may never have fully conceived the far reaching effects of his… Read more